Turning 2 years old

Mason age 2 weeks

Mason turned 2 years old yesterday! I'm a little sad that my "baby" is no longer a baby. But it's fun to see his personality take form. Mason loves the book Dinosaur Roar so I decided to make him a dinosaur cake. It was a big hit! The kids all had a hard time keeping their hands off.

Mason's dinosaur cake

The birthday boy gets the first taste

Yum, it's as good as it looks

I videotaped the kids all playing with some of Mason's presents. His favorite was the roll-around ball pound. After he opened that he didn't want to do anything else.

Empty Bed

A few nights ago I went to check on the boys before I went to bed around 10:30 pm. When I glanced in the room I realized Tucker's bed was empty and started to panic a little. We had put them to bed 2 hours earlier after which Gabe and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. I was about to start ransacking the house but stopped when the thought popped into my head to look under his bed. And there he was sound asleep.

Bowling

My parents were in town last week for a visit so we decided to escape the heat and go to the bowling alley. The kids had a blast! The bumpers only came up on their turns (which I was a little jealous of) so their balls usually made it all they way down to the end. On a few occasions we had to have a "professional" come retrieve a ball that somehow managed to get wedged between the gutter and the bumper or lose momentum half way down the lane. Everyone had a fun time and Grandma (Claudette) bowled both of the high scores!

Eating snacks with Grandpa

Tucker

Hayden in mid throw

Brianna

Swimming Lessons

The kids took a 2 week swimming lesson course in June at an outdoor pool. The last day of class they got a free day and were able to use the diving board and slide. Unfortunately it was 60 degrees and raining, but they were determined to stick it out so they wouldn't miss out on all the free play. Brianna missed the last day of class because she was on a plane flying to Washington.

Tucker jumping off diving board

Water slide!

Hayden with his class